NABJ Students and the Digital Journalism Task Force will hold a Google Hangout: #NABJ14 Fund-U 101. The one-hour Hangout on Wednesday, March 19 at 9:00 p.m. EST, will teach student members the tricks on how they can pay themselves to the convention and save money.

We will also give away twoFREEregistrations. ONLY current student members are eligible to win.

Our panelists are:

Deirdre Childress Hopkins, the Strategic Communications Manager at Pennsylvania Convention Center and former NABJ Vice President-Print (2009-2011). She is currently NABJ's 2014 Convention Programming Chair and will give a highlight of the workshops that will be offered.

Ashleigh Atwell, a Atlanta based writer, blogger/founder of Ashleigh Not Ashley. The Georgia State University senior is well known among NABJ members for using a blog to fundraise for her trip to the 2011 NABJ Convention and Career Fair in Philadelphia and 2012 Convention in New Orleans.

Brionna Jimerson, Program Coordinator at Dateline NBC and a contributor at ForHarriet.com. The recent Tufts University graduate with a B.A. in American Studies, spent six months post- graduation working with the Digital/ Multiplatform team at WBUR 90.0, Boston's NPR news station via the David Burke Fellowship for Media and Public Service.

Alexis Rodgers, a senior journalism major at the University of Missouri. She's a news anchor and reporter at KOMU News and Newsy.com, and NABJ's Deputy Student Representative.

Benet Wilson, Vice Chair of Education with NABJ Digital, will lead the discussion. Wilson is the social media/newsletter editor for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. She is an aviation/travel freelance journalist, serving as the Air Travel Expert for About.com. Wilson served as chair of NABJ’s Program Committee from 2011 to 2013, and is the vice president of NABJ’s Digital Journalism Task Force. She serves on the board of the Online News Association, where she serves on the student, international and membership committees. She also chairs the 2014 AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship and Diversity committees.